Chapter 21 Practice Questions

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act: a. was more lenient toward big business than was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act b. outlawed price discrimination and interlocking directorates c. was originally opposed by labor union leaders d. was considered by Theodore Roosevelt the crowning achievement of his administration e. made it possible for corporate officials to be held responsible for violations

b

The muckrakers saw their primary objective as: a. converting Americans to socialism b. exposing social problems to the public c. increasing the circulation of sensationalist newspapers d. proposing detailed legislation e. destroying the Republican party

b

At the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911: a. a strike resulted in the intervention of federal troops b. Frederick Taylor first applied his scientific management principles c. workers died as a result of a fire d. the labor force was found to be made up entirely of children e. Samuel Gompers first developed his idea for what became the Hepburn Act

c

During the Progressive Era: a. reformers were generally pessimistic about finding solutions to social ills b. voter turnout increased c. many groups—blacks, the poor, the unorganized—had little influence d. conservative politicians destroyed any semblance of a welfare state e. Roosevelt proved that the president ultimately has his hands tied

c

Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses? a. adopt a socialist program of public ownership b. follow the principles of laissez-faire government c. regulate big business d. allow business to work out its own destiny e. lower taxes so that companies would raise wages

c

During his first term as president, Wilson did all of the following EXCEPT: a. refuse to support a federal amendment for women's suffrage b. allow the spread of racist practices in the federal government c. withhold support for federal child-labor legislation d. fail to reorganize the banking system e. oppose a bill for low-interest loans to farmers

d

Progressives supported all of the following as measures to democratize government EXCEPT: a. the initiative b. the referendum c. the party primary d. the poll tax e. the popular election of senators

d

During the coal strike of 1902: a. President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against corporations b. thousands of striking miners marched on Washington, starting a riot that lasted three days c. President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to use the army to force strikers back to work d. arbitrators awarded the miners all their demands e. more than 800 miners and their families died in the Rockies

a

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is associated with: a. the National Woman Suffrage Association b. writing Man and Nature c. the anti-conservation movement d. San Francisco e. the Bureau of Reclamation

a

The Seventeenth Amendment: a. authorized the popular election of U.S. senators b. gave women the right to vote c. called for direct primaries d. authorized the federal income tax e. made the production and distribution of alcohol illegal

a

William Howard Taft: a. was Roosevelt's choice as his successor b. was described by many journalists as "the ultimate politician" c. found solid support from voters only in the South and Southwest d. was, in the Republican tradition, opposed to a lower tariff e. eventually was elected president as a member of the Progressive party

a

Woodrow Wilson was: a. a professor and college president b. the leading Roman Catholic politician at the turn of the century c. the progressive governor of Oregon d. influenced mainly by Populist reformers e. the first Californian to win the White House

a

Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom platform: a. proposed vigorous anti-trust action to break up corporate concentration b. accepted gigantic corporations as a fact of modern economic life c. was the creation of a writer named Herbert Croly d. was the reason he won the 1912 election e. was vehemently opposed by Louis Brandeis

a

The first place in the United States to extend equal voting rights to women was: a. Massachusetts b. New York c. the New Mexico Territory d. the Oregon Territory e. the Wyoming Territory

e

A major factor in Woodrow Wilson's victory in the 1912 presidential campaign was the fact that: a. many Republicans supported his nomination b. wealthy Democrats poured millions of dollars into his campaign c. the United States was at war d. people liked Mrs. Wilson e. the Republican party had split in two

e

Of the four presidential candidates in 1912, the one most likely to advocate government ownership of big business was: a. William Jennings Bryan b. Woodrow Wilson c. William Howard Taft d. Theodore Roosevelt e. Eugene V. Debs

e

The Federal Reserve Act did all of the following EXCEPT: a. make currency and bank credit more elastic b. create twelve Federal Reserve banks c. lessen the power of the huge New York banks d. serve as the first major banking and currency reform in half a century e. shifted the U.S. Treasury back to the gold standard

e